Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-27
The Voice Of a SCofer at Woman
Suffrage.
ne Jewel that s0Iomon ssught and Pre-.
tsudsd Not 10 Find-Provsrbs that
Night Have Been Written had
not q Woman been Wise.

she seeEeth wool ana max and work
eth willingly with her hands.
She is like the merchant ships, she
bringeth her food from afar.
She riseth while il is yet night, and
ryeth meat 10 her household and
portion to her maidens.
She considereth field and buyeth 1t :;
with the fruit Of her hands she plant
eth a vineyard.
She girdeth her loins with strength
and strengthens her arms.
She perceiyeth that her merchandise
good; her candle goeth not out by
night
She layeth her hands TO the spindle
and her hands hold the distaff.
She stretcheth out her hands 70 the
poor yea. she reacheth forth her hands
10 the needy.
She is not afraid Of the snow for her
household; so all her household are
dotted with scarlet.
She maketh herself coverings OF
tapestry; her clothing Is silk and
purple.
her husband is known at the gates.
where he stitch among the elders of
the land.
She maketh fine linen and selleth It,
and delivereth girdles unto the mer-
chant.
strength and honor are her cloth
ing and she shall rejoice in time 20
come.
She openeth her mouth with wis.
dom; and in her tongue is the law Of
kindness.
She looketh well 10 the ways of her
household and eateth not the bread Of
idlenessf
Her children rise up and call her
blessed her husband also, and he
praiseth her.
Many daughters have done virtu-
ously, but thou exoellest them all.
Favor Is deceitful and beauty is vain.
but woman that feareth the Lord,
she shall be praised.
Give her OF the fruit OF her hands
and let her own works praise her in
the gates
Since the appearance Of these para
graphs, without comment or c0nfes-
son, hope has lifted up her head and
doomed afresh In my heart. In other
Vords, have hopes for the suffragist
These simple articles OF faith, this
silent suffragist's creed, as you might
call il, speaks well Of new ideas and
motives on behalf OF the believers.
In the first place, il Is pleasing TO
note the fact that there Is a gentle
truthfulness in the word Of man these
old familiar words are. as you remem-
Der, the words u a man who was
" something OF an epicure in women,
the words OF a man who had devoted
about forty years 20 the study OF his
subject. They are the words oil a man
who knew women at their real value
and could judge 10 a degree any wo-
mans place above or below par. They
are quite nv sentiments, my only re-
greet being the unseemly Interrogation
Of the first paragraph. That speaks less
well than Il should Of the sweet faith
IN which Solomon Is supposed to have
died, at the age Of So.
In the second place. there Is differ
ent feeling 10 these proverbs than one
would have expected would pass the
vigilance Of the strong minded edit
0r's blue pencil. One would have said
that. instead OF reprinting these old
fashioned. unenlightened, non-suttrag-
ist sentiments, our friend would have
seized upon her stylograph and written
something after this fashion
All women are virtuous, but who can
tnd q yirtuuus manP For he is a rara
avis.
The eve Of his wife Is exceeding
sharp, so that no other woman hath
ever gotten a good look at him-if him
there be-
Women doeth all men good, and
maketh them whatever they may be.
Woman worketh for her own wool
and hax after her own fashion. and
hanketh not her husband for any OF
his.
She waketh him while it is yet night.
that he may give meat TO the house
bold. and that the maidens may not
arse until daylight. And when he re.
tuseth % get up. without murmur she
geiteth up herself She beareth all bur
deus in the same sweet spirit.
She cunSidereth her own fields and
plants them. with the fruit Of her
hands she plauteth vineyards, into the
storchouses hy which he breaketh and
drnketh all the wine that Is in the watts,
The wine being drunk cannot be sold.
and she goeth without her Sunday
bonnet without a murmur. She wear
eth no stays. She runneth % fires
Uthout interference on the part OF the
POLICE and she practiceth in a gymna-
sum against the hour Of need.
She perVciyeth that her merchandise
Is good that her husband payeth the
Saturday bills, that he ordereth the
elAl, and. alas her candle doth burn
out Yea twice over. while she stitch up
IN tears and waiteth for him 20 come
h2ms from the club.
Her sewing she putteth out and his
4 buttons her husband Seweth on for
a.mSet for even as Il Is impossible
log a woman 60 occupy two positions
a. one and the same time, even 50 j.
impossible Tor woman IA sew and
o noble voter. IL is unworthy
she seDitth all hegears 10 the charity
e'eanizapou Of which she Is member
and she SpeUdeth her days in the max
Ing 81 laws.
She Is not afraid OF the snow Tor she
sendrth her husband out 10 shovel u
% shlle II Is vet falling. Verify b,
would not be worth che trouble that ht
Is dld she not shake has slOth from BIN
20 these few ways. so she bunecth him
4p m tae way he should 80. And he
N duly grateful
She makrth no clothes ~ silk aDt
f3rNc She wgareth instead the hltur
eaici pauts-a trite broader thar
Fan s, but noi SO sprung at the knees
a" AotirfStautrth not A. she Nett
Ae lntucAritS of the trousers
Nreiehrr He may think he doth
~ be doth not She sayeth 50 anC
Ne NoWeth
tie Is very properly known AZ ohGrcl
aa1 az his Place II business. IL d
ne yrtGogS woman that slIteth az th'
kA'es among the wise queens OF th'
Nhe sel,eth the fine linen which he
-1soand makes FOR her evenings an,
ao-ldays. She devcteth Che reyenut
he cause He pretendeth nos q
Pleased thereat bat IN his heart n
sPPree tsieth the wisdom az al he
sAys and the wisdom Of his tArryinl
u the hack NV.
Asnlness aud true grit are be
othing, and she rcioiceth. for he
ne hath come. and man Is verb.
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